Love shouldn't hurt. But sometimes, it does. When two broken souls collide, affection becomes obsession, trust becomes betrayal, and every moment together is both intoxicating and toxic. Trigger Warning: This story includes references to self-harm, addiction, and mature situations intended for adult readers. - story by @with_love_Anu ❤️

****Can be read as a general fiction. If you want an arrange marriage tale with humor, emotions and love, hop in right away**** Love is supposed to be a beautiful feeling, and that's doesn't stick true only to romantic love. Every kind of love, friendship and family, romance or pets, every love is supposed to lift you up, and not bring you down. Manik Malhotra had loved Nandini for quite a few years, from afar, but when given a choice to marry her, he refused. Nandini Murthy had known her Appa's favourite student up close and personal for quite long but the order to marry him, didn't suit well with her. But then, sometimes life doesn't give you open choices. In their cases, Neelesh Murthy didn't give them choices, and in a span of few days, they were married. Join Manik and Nandini in an arrange marriage where the husband is vary of what love actually is when he claims to have loved his wife for years and the wife with fairy tale notions understands the reality of love in life!

𝐒𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 🎀🎀 𝐀𝐛 𝐚𝐚 𝐡𝐢 𝐆𝐚𝐲𝐞 𝐡𝐨 𝐭𝐨𝐡 𝐩𝐚𝐫 𝐛𝐡𝐢 𝐥𝐨. 𝐈 𝐡𝐨𝐩𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐥𝐥 😃❣️

Who said people with perfect pasts don't have broken parts to them and who said people with shattered pasts don't have a sense of fulfilment in them? When she has learned the definition of love from her parents and desires a match just like them, would life offer it to her? Would her definition of love ever change? Despite knowing what love is, does she really know what it means? He is ready to challenge her definition of love and redefine it in his own words. But when he comes from a past of incomplete relationships, how would he find fulfillment in their own love? When he himself does not know what love means, how would he redefine it for her? And above all the questions, can love be taught and learned? Adhvita Maan, the eldest daughter of the family, has always admired what her parents had. "Papa kaha karte the ki unhe mumma mein apna sukoon dikhta hai. Kya aapko mujh mein apna sukoon dikhta hai?" Saanjh Raizaada, the only son of the family, has always despised what his parents had. "Meine rishton mein bas bechaini mehsoos ki hai. Kya aap meri iss baichaini ko door karengi?" When love creates a chaos of colours, then those bikhre rang paints a beautiful picture called life. How would they find sukoon in this chaos of bikhre rang?

"Anokha Pyaar" - A Love That Was Never Ordinary, And Never Easy "Main tumse nafrat karna chahti thi... par tumhare ek nazar bhar dekhne se hi sab kuch bhool jaati hoon." "Toh mat bhoolo, Arohi. Kyunki mera pyaar... anokha hai. Tumhare jaisa. Sirf tumhara." They weren't lovers. They weren't friends. They were two broken souls tied in a marriage neither chose- and yet, the universe kept pulling them toward each other. Dr. Arohi Arora thought she hated her cold, distant husband. Until his accidental touch left her breathless. Until his lingering gaze made her heart race. Until his teasing smirk felt like a challenge she couldn't win. And Atharv? He told himself to stay away. But the way she laughed, fought, blushed- it undid him every single time. From jealousy-laced silences to a kiss that shook their world, from clumsy misunderstandings to whispered confessions in the dark- their story isn't perfect. It's raw. Real. And achingly beautiful. "Tum meri aadat ban chuki ho, Arohi. Chhoti chhoti baaton mein tumhari kami mehsoos hoti hai." "Aur tum... mere har khushi ka wajah ho, Atharv." This isn't just love. This is Anokha Pyaar-where even silence speaks louder than words.

[Unedited] 5-year-old Annabella De' La Cruz was in an accident with her dear mother only to come out the only survivor. Anna was hospitalized for a week and was still slowly recovering. Anna was then told that she will be moving to Florida where her brothers lived. And that the oldest of the De' La Cruz brothers will be forward full custody of her. Anna still so young and innocent doesn't understand what's happening in the world around her, and why so suddenly she can't see her mama. Follow the story and Annabella and her brothers as they try to give her the best life they can. {Book 1 - Complete} {Book 2 - Ongoing} Cover credit to this amazing person!! @_navyblueee_

Eight years is a long time but can love ever fade away? Nandini Murthy loved Manik Malhotra eight years back but is the love still alive after eight years?